Bask

Epithets: The Hearth Hound, The Winter's Howl

Role: God of Nature, Healing and Loyalty

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Basic Information

• Domains: Nature, Healing, Protection, Twilight, Runes

• Symbol: A simple white paw print

• Alignment: Lawful Good

• Worshipers: Healers, Hunters, Rangers, Families

Description & Iconography

Visuals: Bask is never depicted as humanoid. He is a colossal white hound resembling the mix of a Wolf and a Sheepdog with eyes like warm coals. He is often depicted standing guard for the Gods, or curled around a village to shield it from the wind. Runes glow within his fur.

The Avatar: Bask appears in the fiercest of blizzards to those freezing to death. He provides warmth and guides those that are lost. He carries a barrel of healing medicine around his neck.

Associated Elements:

• Colors: Snow White and Ember Orange

• Materials: Fur, Ash, Runestones

Traits & Motivations (The Public Doctrine)

The Creed: Bask is the most beloved deity of the common folk. Bask only asks for kindness.

• Code of the Pack: He teaches that selfishness is the only true sin in the cold. To share food and fire is a holy act.

• The Protection: Paladins and Guards that defend settlements from monsters or outsiders believe that they are the "Teeth of the Dog".

The Promise: You will never be alone.

Personality: Simple, fierce and endlessly patient and loyal. He is the warm centre of the pantheon.

Routine & Worship

Rituals:

• The Bone Offering: When a hunter kills a beast, the best bone is buried as a tithe to Bask.

• The Vow: A promise made "On the Hound's Name" is considered unbreakable. To break it is to invite cold into your heart.

Signs of Favour: Paw in the snow, a new sprout growing

Omens of Displeasure:

• A fire refusing to light

• A mournful howl in the distance

• Wolves circling without attacking

Secret

The Divine Truth (GM Only)

Cosmic Role: The Unwitting Jailor

Role in the Betrayal: Bask was tricked into believing that Naeros is a "Rabid Beast" that would kill every mortal if it was to escape. Bask is not evil, or power hungry, he is protective and volunteered to guard the main entrance to the Caldera because he genuinely believes he is saving the "Pups" from a monster.

True Motivation: Bask is not evil or power-hungry; he is Protective. He volunteered to guard the main entrance to the Caldera because he genuinely believes he is saving the "Pups" (Mortals) from a monster.

The Tragedy:

• He is the only God who is fooled, not complicit.

• If the players try to enter the Caldera to free Naeros, Bask will manifest to stop them. He will not fight with malice; he will fight with desperation, begging them to run away because "The Bad Thing will hurt you."

• Redemption: He is the only deity who can be convinced to switch sides if the players can prove his masters are lying to him. ::